# Uncle Dan'el — Iola Leroy character guide

> Uncle Dan'el in Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** dan Uncle Dan'el, Dan'el

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-uncle-daniel-s-story

## Who they are

Elderly former slave who tells stories of the old plantation.

## In the story

### [Mystery of Market Speech and Prayer-Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/iola_leroy_se/chapters/i-mystery-of-market-speech-and-prayer-meeting)

Mentioned by Linda as having predicted freedom after the firing on Fort Sumter; he is a source of prophetic hope within the enslaved community.

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